GRE Word List

SUSTENANCE

means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living

The meaning of the word sustenance is means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living.

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WordMeaning
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
leveea reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
lodewaterway
pungentsharply painful
agglomerationthe action or process of collecting in a mass
demurto take exception : object
vegetateto lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind
plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
bartererto trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services